Asgard Building, Conservation & Place in Irish History

by Sandra Heise and John Kearon

The yacht Asgard is one of the most iconic sailing vessels in Irish history. From her building in 1905 by Colin Archer, the celebrated Norwegian naval architect, to her pivotal r?le in the 1914 Howth gun-running and her later use as Ireland's first national sail-training vessel, the yacht has had many incarnations. Her story is intertwined with many of the wider historical events that were to influence and shape the course of Irish history in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0901777978
• ISBN13: 9780901777973
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: National Museum of Ireland
• Length: 63 Pages